WHY A STUDENT SHOULD PREFER ICWAI COURSE TO CA COURSE? WRITTEN BY CMA SAMIR BISWAL
In the light of the prevailing
Scenario, it is clear to perceive that both parents
and students have come to a
realization that the job potential to the engineering courses are fast fading
out, and hence, we see a shift from Engineering to Commerce courses.
Doubtlessly, a bulk of the student community is totally unaware of the
opportunities thrown open for ICWA on par with CA course.
It has been aptly said by our
educationists, erudite scholars, experts and experienced people, that a
person gets mental maturity only after 15 years of proper schooling and college
Education i.e.,Primary Education (1st class to 5th class) 5 years, Secondary
Education (6th to 10th) 5 years and College
Education (Inter & Degree) 5
years. Today, a student after completion of the Intermediate course
is eligible for CA & ICWAI courses.
But to our dismay, majority of
the students prefer to join C.A. course, without an Academic degree and in
course of time, only a few, whose percentage is very negligible, come out
successfully, while the remain bulk, suffer a lot in the absence of an
Academic degree and their inability to complete
the CA course.
It is in this context, all the
relevant details, Viz., eligibility, duration etc. are furnished here under.
A student, who longs to study
CA course, first has to pass a qualifying examination called CPT (Common
Proficiency Test) This qualifying examination duration is 4 hours, conducted
twice in a calendar year – June – December, throughout India. This
qualifying Examination would be an objective
type Examination; though the qualified
SSC students are eligible to enroll, they are allowed to write the said
qualifying test, only after clearing plus 2 (Intermediate
Examination). No student, irrespective of his/her qualification i.e.,
regular degree, P.G. or any other equal or more qualification, is exempted
from this eligibility test, if he/she
wants to study CA course.
On completion of CPT,
candidates must enroll for IPCC (Integrated Professional
Competency Course) to enter CA and thereafter, students require to
complete 100 hour computer training and pass an online test. The
successful students alone will have the eligibility to write IPCC within a year
of their passing CPT. This examination consists of 2 groups. The first
group comprises 4 papers and the second group has 3 papers, in a
descriptive type. A student is required to work as an apprentice clerk
for articles, under the supervision of a practicing CA for 3 years,
either, after passing the first group or both the first and the second
group. During the last 6 months of the 3rd year of articles, a student
is supposed to write CA final. If successful, only then, it is constructed
as qualified CA. It is most important to note that a student is neither
permitted to study a regular degree course during the
Apprentice period (3 years) nor to
undertake any job. If a student has any desire to study any degree through
Distance Education, such students need to obtain permission from CA Institute.
That too, for not more than one course. Above all, it must be borne in
mind that every practicing CA literally will
have limited number, to work as
apprentice, under his control.
It is an acknowledged fact the
CA course, would take at least 5 years period to complete the above
furnished process, to the outstanding / genius students alone.
It is no exaggeration that only
5 out of every 1000 students are being seen today. It is amazing and
shocking to state that fate of the remaining, is gloomy, uncertain and
excruciating, which means clearly, that such students could neither
complete a regular degree nor complete the CA course, and
land in the pool of dejection and
frustration. Indeed, their agony is indescribable and inexplicable.
Today, many a students, say
90%is deviating and violating the above explained the norms, set in,
to the articles.
Now, coming to the ICWAI Exams
(Cost Accountancy) course, a student, can also pursue after (Plus 2) They
have to enroll for a qualifying examination known as “Foundation”, in which,
there are 4 papers in descriptive type. This examination is conducted 2
times in a calendar year i.e., 2nd week of
June and December throughout India.
There is an exemption to this “foundation” course to any one, who is a
graduate or P.G. or any equivalent course to a degree. It means that students,
with plus 2, can enroll for “Foundation” while degree/P.G. students can
enroll for ICWA course. This ICWA course too, has 2 parts i.e., Inter and
Final. If, a student can complete ICWA Inter in a year, the very next
year, he/she can write and pass ICWA final also. It means that a
meritorious / hardworking student, after an
entry into a regular degree course,
can complete the ICWA course within 2 ½ years from “Foundation” level,
while 2 years, from a degree level. Obviously, we see 100 students for every
1000 students, while the remaining in 1½ years, such students are 400 for
every 1000 students. It is to be crystallized that there is no relation
between practical work experience and writing the exams, these two are
separate.
With regard to job
opportunities, both the Institutes conduct campus recruitment
programs, once in every six months and practically there is no difference
between ICWAI and CA as far as jobs are concerned. It is crystal clear for
everyone, to understand that Inputs, Time and Hard work, for CA is,
comparatively more than ICWA but
output, is same for the both. Besides the above, ICWA course facilitates a
student to undertake a regular academic degree alongside. To see the dark side,
if all the sincere endeavors and hard work for ICWA course does not bear a
fruit, a student, at-least, can pursue
P.G. course like M.Com, MBA etc,
because the CA students cannot and should not study a regular course.
It is observed that many
students, parents, including the educated, just developed a craze for CA without
proper awareness and in-depth knowledge of the process involved for completion
of CA course. Added to this, some institutions have come up with a
business motive to attract the students with
advertisements, promising coaching
only to CA. The coaching centers fail to focus light on the
realities, process, norms but proclaim that their coaching centers secured
several ranks in CPT. Facts shall always Remain firm. CA (CPT) is only a
qualifying test, and securing ranks, if any, shall never be useful at any Stretch
of imagination, from all possible dimensions, except to attract the students,
parents and to mint
Money.
However, a comparative table is shown for clarity, awareness and
understanding.
ICWAI
course
|
CA
course
|
|
1. Time
|
Possibility to complete at-least in
2 years
|
A minimum of 5 years time is
Essential
|
2. Eligibility
|
ICWAI “Foundation” is to be passed
after plus 2 (intermediate).
Degree students and above, can
enter the course directly.
|
CPT is a must for Degree/PG
Courses too.
|
3. Opportunity to study regular
Degree Course
|
An excellent opportunity to study
regular Degree while studying ICWAI
|
No opportunity to study
regular degree, while
studying CA
|
4. Employment Opportunity
|
Equal opportunities to both
ICWAI/CA
|
Equal opportunities to both
ICWA/CA
|
5. Articles/
Practical training
|
There is no relation between, to
obtaining training and passing the
Examination.
|
There are some regulations
and limitations for
Examination i.e., articles
|
WHY A STUDENT SHOULD PREFER ICWAI COURSE TO CA COURSE? WRITTEN BY CMA SAMIR BISWAL
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